During the meeting, the Swedish deputy prime minister highlighted the priority of Bangladesh in Swedish International Cooperation, the foreign secretary said.

Earlier in the morning, the prime minister visited Swedish Parliament and held a meeting with acting Speaker Tobias Billstrom.

Accompanied by the acting speaker, the prime minister went round different sections of parliament.

Swedish Minister for Justice and Migration Morgan Johansson called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her hotel in the afternoon and said Sweden would always consider working of more Bangladeshis in the Scandinavian country.

"Sweden would always be favorably disposed so that more Bangladeshis could come to the country," he said.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, the foreign secretary said both Bangladesh and Sweden pledged to work together in the proposed global compact on migration in the United Nations.

Haque said Sweden is an old alliance of Bangladesh on migration issue and Bangladesh, Sweden and Switzerland are working together in the last four to five years on migration issue.

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